Asya Cevahir was splashed with acid by, she claims, her ex-boyfriend. She remains in hospital covered in bandages. (Screen captures via Twitter) A man who is accused of throwing acid on a trans woman’s face, blinding her, has been charged for “intentional injury”, which carries a sentence of one to three years, prompting outrage among
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Scarlet Adams in a promotional poster for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. (World of Wonder) RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under contestant Scarlet Adams has issued a grovelling apology for performing in Blackface and engaging in cultural appropriation. After Aboriginal drag queen Felicia Foxx shared a slew of photos of Adams wearing costumes that stole from and
After criminalising all forms of so-called “gay propaganda”, Russia has now turned its attention to positive depictions of bisexuality and polyamory. With Russia’s population expected to decline by 30 million over the next decade, the question of how to raise the birth rate dominated discussions on Thursday (4 March) at a conference of United Russia,
A foreign resident in Taiwan displays a rainbow flag at Taipei 2020 LGBT+ Pride. (LightRocket via Getty/ Alberto Buzzola) A high court has ruled that LGBT+ foreigners from countries where marriage equality is illegal will now be able wed their same-sex partners in Taiwan. In May 2019, Taiwan became the first nation in Asia to
Jimmy Fowlie (L) and Sydnee Washington (R) will star in Grindr’s upcoming original comedy series Bridesman. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images/FilmMagic) LGBT+ dating app Grindr is getting its own original scripted TV show, which is set to air this fall. Bridesman will be a new scripted comedy series following a gay bridesman as he undermines his best friend’s
A gay man was viciously attacked during a Pride celebration in Auckland, New Zealand which left him “lying in a pool” of his own blood. Ray Gardiner, who performs as a drag artist Kourtney Khaos, said he went out with his partner to celebrate Pride month in Auckland, but the couple was assaulted in the
Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana. (KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty) Amid a blistering international outcry over the country’s treatment of LGBT+ citizens, Ghana‘s president has vowed to never legalise marriage equality in a devastating but expected blow. In breaking his days-long silence, Nana Akufo-Addo sought to stress that queer rights will not budge an inch anytime soon
Russian police charged an activist who protested in support of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny with breaching the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ law Russian police have charged an activist who protested in support of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny with breaching the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ law on Valentine’s Day. Over the past month, thousands across Russia
Angie Arévalo died after she was stabbed by a 14-year-old during a family altercation. (TransLivesMatter.info) A trans woman has tragically died after being stabbed to death by a 14-year-old during a family argument in Columbia, local media has reported. Angie Arévalo died on Saturday, 6 February, after she was stabbed in the chest when a
An anti-LGBT+ bishop from Nigeria has suggested that if Joe Biden wants the country to decriminalise homosexuality, he should take a Nigerian man as his “second wife”. The angry tirade comes after Biden vowed to advance the cause of LGBT+ rights around the world, threatening financial sanctions on regimes deemed to have infringed on the
Israel Folau. (Matt King/Getty) Disgraced Australian rugby star Israel Folau was welcomed to the Catalans Dragons with a barrage of gay porn in the team’s WhatsApp group. Folau was signed to the France-based RFL Super League club in January 2020 after being sacked from Australia’s national team and the New South Wales Waratahs for his homophobic
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Getty) Turkey’s fiercely anti-gay president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that there is “no such thing” as LGBT+ people. Erdoğan has positioned himself as an ardent opponent to LGBT+ rights, with tensions rising in recent days following student protests in Istanbul. The president doubled down on his anti-LGBT+ views on
Israel Folau. (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images) Talks for Israel Folau to join the George Illawarra Dragons have fallen through following backlash from fans and sponsors. Folau, who was sacked from the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia’s national team in 2019 after claiming that “hell awaits” gay people, has spent the last year in France
Authorities in China have warned that a video showing people waddling “like penguins” after purportedly undergoing an anal swab for COVID-19 is fake. (Envato Elements) Officials in China have tried to reassure the public that they won’t end up waddling “like penguins” if they receive an anal swab for COVID-19. A small number of people
Demonstrators wearing masks hold an LGBT+ flag during the demonstration at Boaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. (Tunahan Turhan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Four students were detained Saturday (30 January) and dubbed “deviants” by Turkey’s interior minister over a piece of artwork that reportedly depicted rainbows alongside the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the most sacred site in Islam,
Uche Maduagwu. (Instagram/@uchemaduagwu) Uche Maduagwu, a celebrated fixture of Nollywood and famous social media rouble-rouser, has come out as “proudly gay”. The Nigerian actor, known for taking swipes at politicians and celebrities with his trouble-making Instagram account, came out as gay on Thursday (28 January). In a series of Instagram posts, Maduagwu implored followers to
Juan Orlando Hernandez, president of Honduras. (Getty/ Sean Gallup) The conservative Central American country of Honduras has amended its constitution to make legalising marriage equality and abortion almost impossible. Although homosexuality was legalised in Honduras in 1899, same-sex marriage has been banned in the country since the constitution was amended to explicitly forbid it in
Scott Price was arrested at his home in Sydney on Tuesday, May 12, charged with the murder of Scott Johnson in 1988. (NSW Police Force/ Twitter) A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering Scott Johnson, a gay US student found naked at the bottom of a cliffside in Australia, in the latest speed bump
The man was handed a fully suspended sentence after he attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife in 2017. (Envato Elements) A man who attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife and demanded “free” sex has been handed a fully suspended sentence. Liam Vickers, 23, pleaded guilty to assaulting the transgender sex worker
Dublin Bus denied that anti-gay slurs were used by the driver (Artur Widak/NurPhoto/ Getty) Dublin Bus has been ordered to pay €7,500 in compensation after a driver allegedly hurled homophobic slurs at a gay passenger. The passenger, who is an Instagram influencer with 75,000 followers, claimed that the driver called him a “faggot” and a
The European Court of Human Rights, pictured in 2017, has ruled against Romania for its treatment of trans people (Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty) The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Romania for refusing to recognise the gender identity of two transgender men unless they had surgery. On Tuesday (19 January) the ECHR found Romania guilty
Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda, branded LGBT+ people as “deviants”. (Jack Taylor/Getty) The incumbent president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has won his sixth consecutive term after an election campaign marred by aggressive homophobic rhetoric. On Saturday (16 January) Museveni was once again declared the winner of the presidential election with 58.64 percent of the vote.
Julio Lancellotti shared photos of himself with trans women on Instagram. (Instagram) A priest has won praise from his followers after he delivered a powerful message of love and solidarity with trans people. Father Julio Lancellotti, a Catholic priest from Sao Paulo, Brazil, shared photos of himself with transgender women on Thursday (7 January) and
Poland could clash with the European Union over its new funding rulebook (Omar Marques/Getty) A new clause in EU funding rules could see Poland facing further financial restrictions if it continues attacking LGBT+ rights, an official has confirmed. After years of negotiations, the EU has agreed on a structural funds rulebook which lays out the
A trans woman must pay for her own children to be relocated to live with their other parent abroad. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) An Ontario, Canada, court has ruled that a trans woman must pay the travel costs for her two children to move in with their mother in Washington, US. Increasingly isolated from
Jeffrey Sanker (R) poses backstage at Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party on April 25, 2015 in Palm Springs, California. (Chelsea Lauren/WireImage) One of the US’s top gay circuit party organisers has fielded intense criticism for holding a New Year’s Eve bash in Mexico, leapfrogging over a state’s coronavirus restrictions to do so even as cases nationwide
Video footage showed the moment a cruise sank as rescue boats scrambled to save passengers from drowning. (Screen captures via Twitter/@fitnessgayz) As Mexico’s coronavirus caseloads soar, a queer party boat packed with some 60 people sank to the depths of the ocean Friday afternoon (31 December). Startling mobile phone footage uploaded to social media showed
RuPaul. (WOW) The long-awaited drop of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 hit a major snag Saturday (2 January) after disgruntled reviewers reported Netflix would end the stream midway. British and Irish viewers were roiled when, at around the 20-minute mark, the episode would suddenly end and instead show previews for other franchises on the streaming
The circuit party was attended by 2,000 shirtless, maskless men. (G1) A circuit party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was shut down by police and firefighters after thousands of maskless men attended as the city’s COVID cases soar. The Festa Revolution gay circuit party took place on Tuesday (29 December) at Faro Beach Club in the
The poster for Forbidden Love in Heaven. (Ran Yinxiao_ A simple film about a gay couple who adopt a homeless child, Forbidden Love in Heaven has become something almost unthinkable for LGBT+ filmmakers and moviegoers in China: a hit. In a nation where acceptance of same-sex couples is progressing at a less-than-glacial rate, Chinese filmmakers have
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